Another great visit with the Jackson/Derby household....though they did appear a little startled at our  arrival (seems they were expecting us on Wednesday....oops, it's Tuesday). But once we got over the shock of that, things went very well....they fell in love with sweet Dakota....and Hilary fixed gourmet meals and , of course,  awesome desserts ( to hell with that diet).... And she presented us with an absolutely georgeous oil painting she'd done of the Hudson River Valley. ( cause, you may remember they traveled the Hudson River with us five years ago!) So blessed!! Their neighbors, Patrick, Betsy and son Tripp joined us for supper on Wednesday evening.....Dakota won more fans....his club is ever growing. We said goodbye Thursday morning, drove into cool rainy weather...arrived at Atlantic Yacht Basin in time to do major grocery shopping. Today the rain continues...we've just got one thing for the marina to finish...all other things are checked off the list. Weather is suppose to clear tonight and start warming up tomorrow. We are "all systems go" to head into Norfolk on Sunday...spring looper rendezvous begins on Monday.